Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao Museum

The Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao Museum is a small cultural museum located within the Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao Shrine complex on Anoru Road in Mueang Pattani, Pattani Town. It commemorates the legend of Lim Ko Niao, a Chinese woman whose story is central to local Chinese-Thai heritage. The museum displays artifacts, historical photographs, models and exhibits related to the shrine, the legend and the Chinese community's history in Pattani, adjacent to the revered shrine building.

Visitors can expect a compact museum housed within the Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao Shrine compound in central Pattani. The interior contains exhibition rooms with historical photographs, documents, models, dioramas and artifacts explaining the Lim Ko Niao legend and the history of the Chinese community in Pattani. The museum is directly adjacent to the active shrine hall with its decorated altar, incense offerings and statues, set in a busy town environment on Anoru Road.

The museum preserves the story of Lim Ko Niao, sister of Lim To Khiam (Lin Daoqian), a Chinese merchant/pirate figure associated with the Ming Dynasty period. According to local legend, Lim Ko Niao travelled from China to Pattani to persuade her brother to return home, and after failing, took her own life. The shrine was later established in her memory and has become a historic centre for the Chinese community in Pattani.

The museum and adjacent shrine are an important cultural and religious site for the Chinese-Thai community in Pattani and southern Thailand. Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao is venerated as a protective deity, and the site is a focus for worship, offerings and the annual Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao Festival, reflecting centuries of Chinese cultural influence in Pattani.